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The Rise in Popularity of Trail Running and the Creation of a New Trail Guide
by Tom O'GradyAs trail running grows exponentially in popularity, as our club is a witness to, it becomes more important to write a helpful guide about it for our area. This is where I need you!! For full article, click he…
https://hmrrc.com/members/pacesetter/2021/december/rise-popularity-trail-running-and-creation-new-trail-guide
Boston Marathon 2021 Questions & Answers
with Tom O'Grady (Interviewed by Chris Bishop)The last major race run on the 2021 October Dream Weekend was the Boston Marathon. Tom O'Grady, racer and coach, is a veteran as you can see from his incredible photo and has been the top local in this race ma…
https://hmrrc.com/members/pacesetter/2021/november/boston-marathon-2021-questions-answers
Stockade-athon 2021 - Ten Tips for Success
by Tom O'GradyTom O'Grady is one of the HMRRC's top runners and coaches. As a veteran of many successful Stockade-athons, he gives 10 tips on how to ace the race...... For full article, click here
https://hmrrc.com/members/pacesetter/2021/november/stockade-athon-2021-ten-tips-success
Stockade-athon Returns to Schenectady
by Tom O'GradyThe Stockade-athon is one of the premier races of the HMRRC. It is run at a perfect time of the year when Autumn is at its peak. It will return to Schenectady for the first time in two years on November 14. Tom O'Grady is a veteran runner an…
https://hmrrc.com/members/pacesetter/2021/october/stockade-athon-returns-schenectady
Book Review: What Made Maddy Run
Reviewed by Tom O’GradyTom O'Grady reviews What Made Maddy Run, a book about an athlete who faced enormous mental pressures in both athletics and academics that resulted in tragedy. Tom highly recommends this book for "athletes who feel the constant stres…
https://hmrrc.com/members/pacesetter/2021/september/book-review-what-made-maddy-run
Book Review: Two Hours
by Tom O'GradyIf you are looking for an excellent book to read while cooling off in the air conditioning after a run, or while sitting beside a pool this summer, then consider picking up a copy of Two Hours: The Quest to Run the Impossible Marathon by Ed …
https://hmrrc.com/members/pacesetter/2021/july/book-review-two-hours
Alan Webb’s High Reign as the Fastest High School Miler of All Time
by Tom O'GradyAlan Web toed the line at the Prefontaine Classic on Memorial Day in 2001 as the first high school sub-4-minute miler in 34 years. Webb cracked the 4-minute barrier for the first time that January in indoor track at the NYC Armory Track & Fi…
https://hmrrc.com/members/pacesetter/2021/june/alan-webbs-high-reign-fastest-high-school-miler-all-time
A Tribute to American Mid-Distance Runner – Paul McMullen A Futile Effort?
by Tom O’GradyWho comes to mind when you think of an American distance runner who was at the front of the pack and who also had a build more akin to that of a football player? While Chris Solinsky is likely the first name that comes to mind, Paul McMullen…
https://hmrrc.com/members/pacesetter/2021/may/tribute-american-mid-distance-runner-paul-mcmullen-futile-effort
Book Review: Unbroken – A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
by Tom O’GradyIn a counterfactual world, 2020 would have passed with much different fanfare. In the running world we would have witnessed the clash of two of the best in the marathon and seen the summer Olympics unfold. Unfortunately because of the global…
https://hmrrc.com/members/pacesetter/2021/march/book-review-unbroken-world-war-ii-story-survival-resilience-and-redemption
Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics
by Tom O'GradyJesse Owens’ astonishing performance at the 1936 Olympics held in Berlin, Germany, and Adolf Hitler’s refusal to acknowledge it, because he could not believe that a black man of inferior race could beat German Aryan athletes. has parallels i…
https://hmrrc.com/members/pacesetter/2021/february/triumph-untold-story-jesse-owens-and-hitlers-olympics